Fan mounting for motor vehicles



A. M. LEONI. FAN MOUNTING FoH MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, I9I9.

1,426,301. Patented Aug. l5, 1922.

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ALronso M. Lnonrfor rninennnrnra, PENNSYLVANIA,"Assienon, yBY 'MESNE ASS1GNMENTSTO Z ELE craie Moron can oonrornrron, orl rama` Monia, Maartennn oonronn'rion or MARYLAND. f

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To all whom t may', con cem;

Be it known that I,.Lr`oNso M; Lnonr, a

citizen of the United' States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyv of Philadelphia and State oflennsylvania, havev inventedy certain new and 'useful improvements in Fan Mountings lfor lplotor Vehicles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement' in fan mountings for motor-'driven vehicles, being directed more particularly to a fan mounting wherein means are providedl for adjusting the mounting to regulate the belt drive of the fan as required.

An accepted type of such mounting provides for the adjustment thereof through operation of a jack screw having threaded connection with an opening formed through the fan shaft. This type is open to several objections, particularly the decided weakening of the lfan shaft incident to the jack-screw engaging opening formed therethrough.

The present invention avoids any weakening of the fan shaft, by mounting such shaft in a carrier, in which the shaft has full bear- -ing and slidably operating such carrier relative to a supporting yoke, by `means of a jack screw having threaded connection with the carrier beyond the fan shaft. struction permits the necessary fan mounting adjustments while the fan is operating, and also adapts the mounting to a desirable method of lubrication impossible to the accepted type noted.

In the drawings F ig. 1 is a vertical sectional view, showing the improved fan mounting.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same.

The improved fan mounting comprises a support or base 1, .including a member adapted for connection to a convenient part of the vehicle frame or engine. As here shown, such base has spaced blocks 2,'adapted to be bolted to the frame at 3.

Rising from and preferablyintegral with the base is a yoke 4, the opening 5 of which is elongated,.terminating at the upper end in a head 6. A carrier 7 is slidably mounted in the opening of the yoke, and comprises a bearing 8, to receive the rear or inner end of the fan shaft 9, and a block-like extension 10, rising from'the bearing and slidably held between the arms of the yoke.`

A jack-screw 11 is mounted for free rota- This contivefmoikfement inthe head` f'of the yoke, and

has; its threadedend`12 arranged to cooper-v ate with an internally threaded openingy 13' extending.longitudinally ofthe extension 10 of thecarrier. Obviouslyappropriate operation of thejackfscrewfwill-raise or lower vthe carrier with respectf'to the yoke.

The improved means iforadjusting the mounting isqused `1n connection -withthe `other details ofthemounting'as usually con structed, and such may be brieflydescribed as follows: The fan shaft 9, which as before stated 1s 1n the presenty invention ,supported in the carrier 7, is secured, following the carn rier adjustment, by terminal nuts 14, forcing clamping washers V15 into contact with the'opposing sides of the yoke, th'esewashers being loosely arranged on the fan shaft. The forward Washer is drawn into clamping cooperationwith the yoke inthe endwise movement of the shaft, through a shoulder 16 on said shaft, the nuts 14 forcing the other washer into clampingl action..

The fan proper 17 is mounted on bearings 2() ,being arranged between such pecficaton'of Letters Patent. Pa-@nfed Amgs i 4the I usual extension 18 of the belt pulley 19, ball belt pulleyI and a bushing 21 held on the fan The improved fan mounting readily lends itself to a method of lubrication for the belt pulley, through which the pulley may be lubricated while the fan f is in operation. The fan shaft is formed with a longitudinal bore 22, opening through the rear or inner end ofthe shaft in an enlargement threaded forythe removable reception of agr'ease-culi)l connection. The forward end of the bore` 22 is directed laterally,l as at 23, opening on the surface of the kfan shaft and preferably within a circumferentially reduced portion 24 of such shaft. y Alubrication chamber ifsv thus formed between the shaft and bushing,

andthe latter is formed with openings25,` l

through which-.the lubricant is delivered to reach the bearings. i f o v n With the improved mounting the clamping washers are loosened by loosening the nuts 14, whereupon the jackscrewf` 11 may be operated to move the carrier and thereby vthe fan shaft, fan, and belt pulley, until the desired tension is obtained on the belt. The

nuts may then be tightened, securingl the parts in the adjusted position.

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vided for securing the fan shaft against turning during the loosening and tightening of the nut-s 14. An appropriate means for this purpose are contemplated, such being here conventionally illustrated a set screw 26, cooperating with the threaded opening` inthe carrier, and engaging a recess formed in the shaft, as at 27.

It Will'be noted that the adjusting means for the fan shaft is Wholly independent of the shaft proper, and that no openings or other weakening' formations in the shaft are necessary. factory mounting, as theshaft is not Weakened, nor in the event of breakage of the adjusting means, does the shaft require reneWal. Furthermore, the improved means, permits the' arrangement of the operatingmember, Wholly beyond interference from moving or related parts, thus allowing of the fan-belt adjustment While the fan is in operation With equal facility as when idle;

This tends to a more satis-r inaeoi Having thus described the. invention, What is claimed as new, 1s:- g l l. A fan mounting comprising a yoke, a

carrier slidable therein, means for `adjusting the carrier With respect to the yoke, a fan shaft mounted in the carrier, means for moving of the fan shaft vrelatively to the carrier, and means operative in such movement of the fan shaft to secure the carrier against movement in the yoke.

2. A fan mounting comprising ayoke, a carrier slidable in the yoke, afan shaft mounted in the carrier, means for adjusting the carrier longitudinally ofthe yoke, clamping Washers on the fan shaft to engage opposite sides `of the yoke, and means for moving the fan shaft to Cause a clamping co-operation of saidwashers with the yoke. A

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature.

ALFONSO M. LEONI. 

